Hi-Def TV: Border patrol find pot in television

Border agents said Wednesday they have seized a flat screen television stuffed with more than $56,000 worth of marijuana at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing at San Ysidro.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said a 22-year-old Chula Vista man who was hauling the TV in his minivan was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.

Agents said the young man was trying to enter the country Tuesday night when drug-sniffing dogs alerted officers to its contents. Customs agents inspected the television and found 36 cellophane-wrapped packages containing 112 pounds of pot.

Officials said the suspect, whose name was not released, is an American citizen.